15592. Adulteration of frozen dressed turkeys.  U. S. v. 103 Crates, etc.   (F. D. C.
No. 26933.  Sample No. 8624-K.) 
LIBEL FILED :   March 21,1949, District of New Jersey. 
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :   On or about January 3,1949, by Colonial Stores, Inc., from
Norfolk, Va.   This was a shipment of turkeys which had been rejected and
returned.
PRODUCT: 142 crates each containing 6 frozen dressed turkeys at Jersey City, 
N. J. Examination showed that the flesh of some of the turkeys was per- 
meated with a substance giving off an obnoxious urine-like odor.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the article was decom- 
posed or otherwise unfit for food.
DISPOSITION: July 5, 1949. William M. Stewart, New York, N. Y., claimant, 
having admitted the allegations of the libel, judgment of condemnation was 
entered and the product was ordered released under bond for the purpose of 
returning it to the original shipper, F. K. Floden & Co., Modesto, Calif., to 
be eviscerated under the supervision of the Federal Security Agency. Upon 
the release of the turkeys, they were eviscerated and examined, and those 
found unfit for human consumption were segregated. A total of 60 turkeys 
were found unfit and were destroyed.